Armenia to participate in Indestructible Brotherhood-2012 CSTO drills![]() September 25, 2012 - 19:13 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Armenia will participate in Indestructible Brotherhood-2012 joint CSTO drills to be held on October 8 through 17 in Kazakhstan. The military exercises aim at the exchange of experience in countering mass riots. The participants will also share expertise in separation of conflicting parties, control of ceasefire terms, escorting of humanitarian cargos and repulsing terrorist attacks. According to the representative of Russian armed forces, lieutenant colonel Nikolay Donyushkin, the drills will host over 1000 officers of the armed forces of Russia, Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan. Grigoryan added that the situation around the world and particularly in the region is very difficult. The Armenian Defense Ministry has denied Azerbaijan's accusations of violating the ceasefire. Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan took to social media to thank his Lithuanian counterpart for the contribution. President of the Armenian parliament Alen Simonyan met with the Speaker of the Azerbaijani Milli Majlis Sahiba Gafarova. Partner news |